I recently had a crash while trying to install a package. When I rebooted and tried to reinstall that package, I received the message, "E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.". Running that command removed said package and it configuration files. I was then able to install the package from scratch. Try giving that command a go.
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embedded.kyleJun 12 '13 at 12:32

It didn't do anything, so I guess nothing is broken. I will try later to check if my driver issues are solved.
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alex_readerJun 12 '13 at 13:01

When using RPM, in the event you cause a corruption in the package database, there is an option to rebuild this database, thus preventing you from having to go through basically a reinstall. As one user here pointed out this is done in Debian by dpkg --configure -a.